World of Warcraft: Dragonflight

	; World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
Developer(s)	Blizzard Entertainment; Team 2
Publisher(s)	Blizzard Entertainment
Platforms	Microsoft Windows, macOS
Release	TBA
Genre(s)	Expansion pack
Mode(s)	Multiplayer
Expansion packs chronology

This article is about the expansion itself. For the types of dragons, see Dragonflight.

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight (shortened DF) is the upcoming ninth expansion for World of Warcraft set primarily in the eponymous region of the Dragon Isles. The expansion was officially revealed on 19 April 2022.

Story

"The dragonflights of Azeroth have returned, called upon to defend their ancestral home, the Dragon Isles. Surging with elemental magic and the life energies of Azeroth, the Isles are awakening once more, and it's up to you to explore their primordial wonder and discover long-forgotten secrets."^[1]

Features

New level cap: 70
New playable race-class combo Dracthyr Evoker
Dragonriding
Talent System Revamp
Improved Professions
Updated UI

Zones

The Dragon Isles
- The Waking Shores
- Ohn'ahran Plains
- The Azure Span
- Thaldraszus
- Forbidden Reach - Dracthyr starting zone

Instances

Dungeons

Eight new dungeons.^[2] The currently known dungeons for the expansion are:

Neltharus - fight to reclaim the stronghold of the black dragonflight
Uldaman - Revamped from its Classic state, with previously unknown chambers
The Life Pools - life pools of the red dragonflight, where their sacred oath to the titans was put forth

Raids

Venture into the ancient prison of the Primal Incarnates before their malevolent power can be unleashed against the Dragon Aspects.

Systems and rewards

Renown system previously used for Covenants applied to the four main reputations for this expansion with a number of reputation levels to unlock questlines and cosmetics with the important difference to Covenants being not having to pick one. Two of those four factions are Valdrakken Accord and Dragonscale Expedition.^[3]
Timewalking Campaigns will allow leveling to 60 with new players still going to Battle for Azeroth content and Shadowlands content being added as an option for alts.
Transmog will open to common and poor quality items, either with the expansion or before.
Converting Solo Shuffle PvP Brawl into a Rated Solo Queue Battlegrounds system.

Race and class changes

Rogue, Mage and Priest are now available to all playable races,^[4] with the exception of the Dracthyr.

Prominent figures

New figures

File:IconSmall Centaur.gif Maru Con'tira
Watcher Koranos

Returning figures

Creatures

New

Djaradin
Dracthyr
Duck
Lava mammoth
Veloci-drake
Wyvern-drake

Returning

System requirements

Main article: System requirements

Notes

Dragonflight has been described as an exploration-themed expansion, with comparisons drawn to Mists of Pandaria.^[5]
Dragonflight will have a "big bad" as an antagonist, but who/what this is will not be known initially.^[6]